Evolutionary Computation Glossary

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OBJECT VARIABLES:

Parameters that are directly involved in assessing the relative worth of an INDIVIDUAL.

OFFSPRING:

An INDIVIDUAL generated by any process of REPRODUCTION.

OPTIMIZATION:

The process of iteratively improving the solution to a problem with respect to a specified objective function.

ORDER-BASED PROBLEM:

A problem where the solution must be specified in terms of an arrangement (e.g. a linear ordering) of specific items, e.g. TRAVELLING SALESMAN PROBLEM, computer process scheduling. ORDER-BASED PROBLEMs are a class of COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION problems in which the entities to be combined are already determined. cf VALUE-BASED PROBLEM.

ONTOGENESIS:

Refers to a single organism, and means the life span of an organism from its birth to death. cf PHYLOGENESIS.

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Hitch Hiker's Guide to Evolutionary Computation, Issue 7.4, released 18 January 2000
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